St. Augustine social and environmental group the Environmental Youth Council will hold it’s second annual “March Forth on March Tenth” this Sunday.

A 10-mile march begin from the parking lot in Crescent Beach and will end at the city plaza in downtown St. Augustine, its purpose to create dialogue for a large range of justice issues.

“The march is an opportunity to raise awareness about environmental and social justice issues and is a chance to bring together the people and organizations that are working on those issues in our area and introduce them to each other and to the public,” said Bill Hamilton, EYC organizer.

Representatives from various environmental and social organizations will speak on topics the range from the local, national and global scale at the plaza starting at 1 p.m.

Speakers include Linda Young, director of the Clean Water Network of Florida; Sara Owen, of the Florida Wildlife Federation; Bobby C. Billy, leader of the Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal People and others.

“The goal is to make their issues and programs more affective by hopefully having them work together and elicit help from the public, because the community as a whole benefits when these organizations are successful,” Hamilton said.

Those marching will gather at the Crescent Beach parking lot at 7 a.m. with the march beginning at 8 a.m. Marchers will then gather at the Bridge of Lions at 12:30 p.m. for the final stretch to the city plaza.

Guest Speakers will begin at 1 p.m. and finish around 2 p.m. Music will take place from 3-5 p.m.

The Environmental Youth Council originally formed in 2001 as a forum for young people to get together and educate each other about environmental and social issues. After a five-year break, the “youth” of the new Environmental Youth Council continues on in name only, consisting of members of all ages. The only current requisite for membership is interest.

The public is invited. For more information, go to www.environmentalyouthcouncil.wordpress.com.

Directions for March Forth

Meet at 7 a.m. at the Crescent Beach parking lot to leave at 8 a.m., walking north on A1A to the Plaza de la Constitución in downtown St. Augustine.

The entire walk is approximately 10 miles and will take roughly 3 hours and 15 minutes.

The public is invited to join at any point along the route.

The group will pass the Sculpture Garden at 2300 A1A South at approximately 11 a.m. or two hours after the group leaves Crescent Beach.

The walk from the Sculpture Garden is 3.8 miles and will take roughly 1 hour and 16 minutes. The group will pass the R.B. Hunt Elementary School (across from the Alligator Farm) at approximately 11:45 a.m. or two hours and 45 minutes after leaving Crescent Beach.

The walk from R.B. Hunt is 1.7 miles and will take roughly 35 minutes.

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Bill Hamilton seems to find environmental and social justice issues where none exist. A1A would be 4 lane with sidewalks and bike paths all the way to 206 at Crescent Beach if were not for this whacko group.